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Weerasooriya

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Weerasooriya
වීරසූරිය
Pronunciationvirasūriya
Language(s)Sinhala
Origin
Language(s)Sanskrit
Word/nameSouth Asia
MeaningBrave Hero + Solar Dynasty
Region of originSri Lanka
Other names
Variant form(s)Weerasuriya

Weerasooriya or Weerasuriya (Sinhala: වීරසූරිය, romanized: virasūriya) is a Sinhalese surname, with origins tracing back to South of Sri Lanka. The word Weera means brave or hero, and sooriya is meant to denote the ancestry and descent from the Kshatriya Solar Dynasty, which is quite common among Karava, even Govigama Names.[1][2][3]

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References

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  1. ^ Raghavan, M. D. (1961). The Karāva of Ceylon: Society and Culture. K.V.G. De Sīlva. pp. 5, 13, 195.
  2. ^ Bayly, S. (1983). Caste Conflict and Elite Formation: The Rise of a Karāva Elite in Sri Lanka, 1500–1931. By Michael Roberts. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1982. Journal of Public Policy, 17(3), 519–527. doi:10.1017/S0143814X00003688
  3. ^ Bartz F. Fischer Auf Ceylon Ein Beitr. Zur Wirtschafts- U. Bevölkerungsgeographie D. Ind. Subkontinents. Bonn: Dümmler in Komm; 1959.

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